of more than election i'm joined by our correspondent lisa lewis she is in madrid for us now lisa we we heard some of the voters there in that piece i mean it certainly seems like for lections in 4 years is having its toll i mean people seem a bit fed up. well absolutely there's a great sense of value to a city get here in madrid the voters we've been talking to at this polling station in the center of the capital today has been telling us yes i am turning out to vote because it's my obligation as a citizen but i'm really not enthusiastic about it as i really hope that politicians will finally get that together one voter even said you know this is the last time i will vote if they don't manage to try and form a coalition and come back and come together as a stable government however when you look at the participation rate we had 1st because at 2 o'clock in the afternoon there there the rate is at 38 percent that's 3 percent lower than in april this year certainly it's gone down but if you look at historical data it's not a sharp drop in participation and that means that up until now

data correspondent lisa lewis is at the headquarters of spain's socialist party in madrid lisa the ruling socialist party looks set to win the most sate again for short of a majority what's the move there. well absolutely the mood here is rather gloomy this socialist party was hoping to increase its share of seats in the parliament looks like they're likely that they will lose a few of their seats and it will get even more complicated complicated for them to form a government now pedro sanchez plan the interim prime minister's plan was apparently to form a minority government and his argument was if he if he increased his share then other parties would have to support him now if he loses a few of the seats he's got less arguments to say you know you really need to give me your support but he will now have to talk to a lot of different parties before hand over 2 or 3 national honors in parliament that had quite a large share of it and if he had found an agreement with them it would have been fine now he needs to bring in about 6 or 7 different parties and that would be incredibly difficult

let's get more now from correspondent lisa lewis she's in paris for us following this story lisa we saw that some of those violent images of the demonstrations so far today i mean 1st just give us a sense what's the situation like right now i mean how big are these protests and who is out in the streets today. well there were dozens of protests in places across france also him paris protesters were clashing have been clashing with police probably thousands of people here in paris and tens of thousands across france as you said that's not really that much compared to how many people turned out at the very beginning of this movement a movement about a year ago now who are they it's very difficult to say but when you look at the pictures it looks like it's a mix of different people black books and a kiss but also moderates yellow versus specially in the country so here to underline that they are still there so this unhappiness with how france is being governed at this very moment that they're still not happy with the government over the past year the yellow vests they've claimed victory as

correspondent lisa lewis is in paris following all the developments there for us so lisa what have you been seeing what have protesters been doing and what are their demands. well the protesters were trying to march through paris but when they arrived at last to tell you it's in the southern and southern paris the police blocked off that square so they wouldn't let them move on they started destroying things and that's why the police then called off do you approve station for that demo that was planned in the center of paris when you look at these people it's very difficult to say who they are looks like a mix of full sorts of people black blocks on a case and also a more moderate yellow vests what's what's clear is that there is now a real standoff between the police and the protesters here in paris but we should remind our viewers that this movement began a year ago it was far by higher fuel prices that the government introduced people put on those vests and took 1st to the streets to protest the fuel prices but then it morphed into a broader protest with every saturday hundreds of t

they'd only correspondent lisa lewis is at the socialist party headquarters in madrid welcome lisa so with most polling stations now close to what the exit polls say. while we have the 1st exit polls indeed in this saying that the socialist party is going down by a few seats to about i'm not 119 seats p.p.p. there are conservative. right party has gone up to 90 from 66 seats and looks the far right party is indeed likely to become the. force in parliament with $50.00 to $59.00 seats that's more than double what the party won in april this year so it seems that polls were de saying it right although we all believe waiting for the definite results today at 1030 local time ok so how are people socialist party h.q. feeling. but you know i was here in april this year and at the time people were cheering when they were hearing the results now it's been very quiet tonight and not that many people as far as i can tell novo people trying to be optimistic try to stay optimistic with the exit polls coming up looks like they're really not that happy about what they're seeing here on the strains a

lisa lewis has been covering the protests in paris for us she says that while the crowds in the streets may have diminished their anger over the economy as. today's one year anniversary of the yellow this movement so thousands of people turn out across france there were clashes between the police and protesters here in the capital paris and in other cities and it's clear that the underlying anger that triggered the movement in the 1st place is still very much there however the number of protesters has gone down drastically and according to one prove a majority of the french don't want the movement to regain traction and even though those who are still there protesting are determined to continue their demonstrations the government also seems determined to continue its reforms and to not be deterred by a few 1000 protesters. in the czech republic around a quarter of a 1000000 people took to the streets of the capital prague on saturday to demonstrate against prime minister andre bobbish the protesters are giving him an ultimatum to sell your business interests or step down opposition grou

new correspondent lisa lewis is at the headquarters of the country's socialist party in madrid a welcome lesa so ruling the socialist party looks to have won the most votes but remains short of a majority again what is the mood there. well the mood here is rather gloomy i must say you know when i was here in april this year people were really exuberant but now they are likely the socialist party is likely to have less seats than before hand in part of and that's obviously not wat interim prime minister pedro shan just had in mind when he called snap elections a few weeks ago now the socialist party will have to cooperate with quite a number of parties to be able to form a government as sanchez has that hat sat before the elections that he wanted to govern as i minority government but that would be rather difficult he would have to how it would have and would have to talk to a lot of different parties for every single law and it's very difficult to see how this will work especially as the spanish are not exactly known to be very good at forming coalitions and working together in parliamen

lisa lewis has been covering the protests in paris for us she says while the crowds might be smaller the anger in the streets is not today's one year anniversary of the yellow this movement so thousands of people turn out across france there were clashes between the police and protesters here in the capital paris and in other cities and it's clear that the underlying anger that triggered the movement in the 1st place is still very much there however the number of protesters has gone down drastically and according to one poll a majority of the french don't want the movement to re going traction and even though those who are still there protesting i determined to continue that demonstrations the government also seems determined to continue its reforms and to not be deterred by a few 1000 protesters. are here's a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of protesters have gathered in the czech capital prague to call on prime minister andre bobbish to step down opposition groups say the billionaire prime minister profits from his political office the r

from straight to stay in ben straight to madrid where we joined the w correspondent lisa lewis welcome so we're touched on the very idea of voter fatigue in in that report there what sort of turn out to you see. well here at the poles this polling station in the center of madrid we've seen quite a few people turn up today however they were hardly enthusiastic about these elections many people telling us you know i know it's my obligation as a citizen to vote however i really i really hope that the pulitzer will now finally get their act together and form a government one lady told me that she was casting a blank page because she was really disappointed she got an embarrassment for spain that the politicians couldn't get their act together and form a government when you look at the figures we had 1st participation figures at 2 o'clock this afternoon that about 38 percent that's 3 points down from the elections in this april but it's not a historically low result really if you look back over the past 2 years actually for example higher than in 2016 so it doesn't look like this the voter

women here and europe now the government is working on a law to help better protect women did abuse lisa lewis examines one particular case that helped prompt this new law. and the good he describes it as a life sentence she says there's a gaping void inside of her ever since march 27th when her daughter was killed by her ex-boyfriend of the and we need new to pure soul. they had split up 6 weeks earlier he had her arrest ever since one morning he was waiting for her and the whole stable where she worked and tried to convince her to take him back leave them or you know when she refused he pulled out a knife and stabbed her in the heart and the lungs could my brain is still blanking out on what this really means. i think it is trying to protect me otherwise i'd go crazy i still can't imagine to never see my daughter again i'm already sick. bet and it doesn't only blame her daughter's ex-boyfriend she's also furious with the system that she feels let her daughter down this main level 2 weeks before he killed her he broke into her house through the window he wanted to frighten her he was convince

they don't correspondent lisa lewis is in madrid following the elections for us here's her latest assessment it's very difficult to see how to get out of this political deadlock you know spanish parties really need to start learning how to form a coalition that's something that's very normal in other countries such as germany but it's very difficult to see. how this can work with such a fragmented parliament here in spain at the p.p.p. the center right party and the socialist center left party in the past were able to form a coalition on their own you know they had 50 percent of the verge more up more than 50 percent almost 50 percent and they just needed to bring in a few seats a few other parties in smaller parties now they really need to form a growing grand coalition actually to make this work and they really too will need to learn that craft so very much a wait and see situation situation later lois at the headquarters of spain socialist party in madrid thanks very much. celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall have been extended to the famous bridge of spies

for women now the government is in has announced a new law to better protect them the doubloons lisa lewis examines one of the cases that prompted the change. and you good he describes it as a life sentence she says there's a gaping void inside of her ever since march 27th when her daughter was killed by her ex-boyfriend. they had split up 6 weeks earlier he had harassed her ever since were then one morning he was waiting for her at the horse stable where she worked and he tried to convince her to take him back. when she refused he pulled out a knife and stabbed her in the heart and the lungs my brain is still blanking out on what this really means i'm going to pull out of what i think it's trying to protect me otherwise i'd go crazy. or fool. i can't imagine i will never see my daughter again. but doesn't only blame her daughter's ex-boyfriend she's also furious with the system that she feels that her daughter down this main level 2 weeks before he killed her he broke into her house he wanted to frighten her he was convinced she was seeing someone else i saw deplane went to the police sta

the problem hand spain and have people form a stable government lisa thank you very much t w is lisa lewis in madrid. well in other news in mexico the 1st funerals have been held for victims of a drug cartel ambush around 500 mourners attended the burial of a mother and her 2 sons while soldiers strong guard 9 american women and children died when the cars they were traveling in were sprayed with bullets in northern mexico on monday. a judge in new york has ordered u.s. president donald trump to pay $2000000.00 for misusing funds from his own charity the donald j. trump foundation money was channeled from the charity directly into trump's 2016 presidential campaign. now for more of our special coverage on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall now it's one of the darkest chapters of former east germany's history parents forced to give their children up for adoption because the regime said they were disloyal hundreds of such cases have been documented to even today some of those affected by the policy are still searching for their relatives the w. reporter on your call met a wo

election ahead just in a few months in spain lisa thank you very much for bringing us up to date is lisa lewis in madrid. now for more of our special coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall it's one of the darkest chapters of the history of former east germany parents forced to give their youngsters up for adoption because the regime said they were disloyal hundreds of such cases have been documented a reporter and you call met a woman who spent decades looking for her daughters 'd. whenever sabine itself feels despair she takes a walk in the forest during the past 35 years she's felt this way often. those years i always had it in the back of my mind i have 2 children and how are they and whenever i saw people taking a walk with older children or a mother with her pram or playing with her child all these things would trigger that feeling by me who. gave birth to 2 daughters in the former east germany in the 1980 s. but her joy was short lived a few years earlier she had tried to flee east germany but was caught and convicted reason enough for the youth welfare office to

she wus lisa lewis there reporting from madrid you're watching news still to come play dead in south korea why some people want to experience the death of. the 1st of some of the other stories making headlines around the world today chile's president sebastian pinera has announced a new measure. as to restore order amid the country's worst rioting in 3 decades the measures include tougher penalties for vandalism intensified aerial surveillance and strengthened police intelligence and rest in the capital santiago in recent weeks as left 20 people dead and calls extensive damage. and earthquake in northwestern iran has killed at least 5 people and injured more than 300 others the magnitude 5.9 quake struck eastern as a by john province and was followed by around 40 aftershocks. in mexico after the 1st funerals have been held for victims of a drug cartel ambush around 500 mourners attended the burial of a mother and her 2 sons while soldiers stood on guard 9 american women and children died when their cars were sprayed with bullets in northern mexico on monday. well for more of our spec

for women now the government is in has announced a new law to better protect them you don't lose lisa lewis examines one of the cases the prompter the change and good she describes it as a life sentence she says there's a gaping void inside of her ever since march 2017 when her daughter was killed by her ex-boyfriend so we need to meet the people so if they had split up 6 weeks earlier he had harassed her ever since way then one morning he was waiting for her at the horse stable where she worked and he tried to convince her to take him back . but when she refused he pulled out a knife and stabbed her in the heart and the lungs my brain is still blanking out on what this really means i won't go on to pull most of what i think it's trying to protect me otherwise i'd go crazy. fool. i can't imagine i will never see my daughter again. but and it doesn't only blame her daughter's ex-boyfriend she's also furious with the system that she feels that her daughter down this main level 2 weeks before he killed her he broke into her house and he wanted to frighten her he was convinced she was seeing so

early tries from bethan lewis and lisa neumann set the tone.llowed up their 15—13 win over ireland last week. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. it is 5-2 it is 5—2 in the second set in the tennis. now on bbc news, it's time for click. it's kind of hard to remember a time when we didn't have taxi—hailing apps. and when i say taxi—hailing apps, even though there are many more players out there, it is uber that comes to mind first. at its conception a decade ago, uber was really disruptive. i mean, the idea that you could have a taxi to you within minutes, it would know exactly where you were, you could see where it was and you didn't even have to have any money on you. i mean, it was revolutionary. the company grew at a rapid pace, becoming the highest valued start—up in the world. this without ever turning a profit. in fact, in the last three months alone, uber lost an eye—watering $5.2 billion. undeterred, uber continues to expand and has its name stamped onto many apps that provide different types of services —

early tries from bethan lewis and lisa neumann set the tone.the welsh rarely looked troubled from thennce he took charge. the final of the atp world tour finals gets under way, the o2 arena in london in the next half an hour. it's between austria's dominic thiem and stefano tsitsipas, for the season—ending tournament. tsitsipas, who's making his debut in the world tour finals, says he's been loving the support from greek fans in london. you see the flags everywhere, and i hear the people cheering my name, saying different things, on the court, it does feel like athens, like playing in my home town. i am grateful for that. it feels like playing in my home town. i am gratefulfor that. it feels nice, to be able to play, to play and have such a big crowd supporting you, in london. together with the two finals i played in roland garros, this will be my biggest match in my career, i am really happy about that fact. especially it didn't work out the previous three years and now i'm in the finals which is a bit unreal, still, but also very very great, and lam super still, but also very very gr

early tries from bethan lewis and lisa neumann set the tone.e since he took charge. that‘s all the sport for now. england are leading 3—0 now, harry kane and marcus rashford have added to the tally. it is still 3—3 in the tennis atp tennis finals and max verstappen is scurntly leading in the brazilian grand prix. both ferraris has crashed into each oh lewis hamilton chasing the win. you can lewis hamilton chasing the win. you ca n follow lewis hamilton chasing the win. you can follow the closing stages of that one on the bbc sport website. now, on bbc news it is time for the film hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week‘s cinema releases, as ever, is mark kermode. hi, mark. what have you been watching? i think we have something for everyone. we have le mans 66, which stars christian bale and matt damon. we have the amazing johnathan doc, which is a documentary that becomes an enigma. and the report, in which the cia are called to account. yeah, it‘s a really interesting week, actually! it is! y

lewis advert — has been tweeted more than 5,000 times this morning... while the hashtag #johnlewischristmasadvert is also trending — twitter user lisa says it's the firstading and watching on the bbc news app, number one on the most read. a snow weather warning in parts of mid and south wales. at two, motorola reviving the flip phone. did you have one of those? it was released originally 15 years ago, described asa originally 15 years ago, described as a game changer then. motorola going a little bit retro without re—versioning of the flip phone. and the most watched. really interesting. it's asking the question could invisible bar codes revolutionise recycling? we all do it and indeed even at recycling plants, sometimes people struggle to recognise whether something can be recycled or not but the idea is these bar codes are implanted in packaging. you can then scan them and discover whether it can be recycled and if so, which meant it needs to go in and so on. big hopes this could really improve recycling rates. that's it for today's morning briefing. in the last few minutes, the latest figures on nhs waiting times have been released. they are the wor